Nintendo eShop - October 2018

MrFarenheit · Oct 22, 2018

tolkir said:
Game of the Day

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring.

Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes through twisted forests, forgotten warrens, ruined crypts, and beyond. You'll battle not only unimaginable foes, but stress, famine, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Uncover strange mysteries, and pit the heroes against an array of fearsome monsters with an innovative strategic turn-based combat system.

Features:

The Affliction System – battle not only monsters, but stress! Contend with paranoia, masochism, fear, irrationality, and a host of gameplay-meaningful quirks!

Striking hand-drawn gothic crowquill art style

Innovative turn-based combat pits you against a host of diabolical monsters

Narration system to celebrate your successes...and failures

16 (and counting!) playable hero classes, including Plague Doctor, Hellion, and even the Leper!

Camp to heal wounds or deliver inspiring speeches.

Rest your weary, shell-shocked characters in town at the Tavern or the Abbey to keep their stress in check.

Classic CRPG and roguelike features, including character permadeath, procedural dungeons, and incredible replay

Can you stem the tide of eldritch horrors erupting across your family's ancestral estate?

$18.74/€16.49/£13.49 (25% off sale until 10/25) - NA web - EU web - Trailer

10/20 - Subsurface Circular
10/19 - Cave Story+
10/18 - RIVE: Ultimate Edition
10/17 - Layers of Fear: Legacy (Recommended by tolkir)
10/16 - Flinthook
10/15 - Lumo

Picked Up the ancestral edition today after being in the fence for months. Enjoying it so far but man that learning curve...Hey my guy went insane now what lol.

Mechanized · Oct 22, 2018

MrFarenheit said:
For me golf story is one...was into it but got bored pretty quick. Sadly, Hollow Knight is moving into this territory. The run back to bosses that take at least 5 minutes only to die in 30 seconds wore me down....

When a boss seems really hard in Hollow Knight, try exploring. You'll likely find some new upgrade, health, soul, badge, etc.. that will help you. Worked for me every time I came up against a wall.

OuterLimits · Oct 22, 2018

Opa-Pa said:
Yeah Radiance isn't even easy mode per se, just one with faster progression overall, perfectly valid way to play (and it's just as brutal too). But yeah amazing game here.

Not quite as brutal but still tough . It does give more leeway to allow higher level characters to help out in beginner level dungeons.

Although, changing things in the game settings can make things much easier if wanted . Making retreat from battle always successful, and doing away with the enemy being able to do massive critical damage is the easy mode

blueredandgold · Oct 22, 2018

tolkir said:
Game of the Day

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring.

Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes through twisted forests, forgotten warrens, ruined crypts, and beyond. You'll battle not only unimaginable foes, but stress, famine, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Uncover strange mysteries, and pit the heroes against an array of fearsome monsters with an innovative strategic turn-based combat system.

Features:

The Affliction System – battle not only monsters, but stress! Contend with paranoia, masochism, fear, irrationality, and a host of gameplay-meaningful quirks!

Striking hand-drawn gothic crowquill art style

Innovative turn-based combat pits you against a host of diabolical monsters

Narration system to celebrate your successes...and failures

16 (and counting!) playable hero classes, including Plague Doctor, Hellion, and even the Leper!

Camp to heal wounds or deliver inspiring speeches.

Rest your weary, shell-shocked characters in town at the Tavern or the Abbey to keep their stress in check.

Classic CRPG and roguelike features, including character permadeath, procedural dungeons, and incredible replay

Can you stem the tide of eldritch horrors erupting across your family's ancestral estate?

$18.74/€16.49/£13.49 (25% off sale until 10/25) - NA web - EU web - Trailer

10/20 - Subsurface Circular
10/19 - Cave Story+
10/18 - RIVE: Ultimate Edition
10/17 - Layers of Fear: Legacy (Recommended by tolkir)
10/16 - Flinthook
10/15 - Lumo

I get bamboozled by the amount of spreadsheet menus I have to contend with before and after the dungeons.

Speaking of dungeons:

Can I heal (ie make the character eat food from the inventory) at any time? Or does it have to be during their turn in a combat situation?

I don't quite understand the stress mechanic, there is no inventory item to lower the meter it seems in these early playthroughs. I'm not at all worried about abandoning quests to get back to the healing houses but the game makes it clear 'this will add stress!'

Why couldn't I plug my beleaguered witch doctor dude into the church when the caretaker (ie me?) was already in the required slot already?

I am enjoying the game but it's a full time job studying the sheer amount of information it is throwing at you.

I only get through two or three green 'Scout' missions and nobody is willing to venture into the hilltop dungeon as yet, but then again neither am I.

I'm focusing on DPS and saving a lot of coin, in these early missions, should I be re-doing cleared levels?

Baladium · Oct 22, 2018

Slam Tilt said:
Might be a smidge overpriced at $20, but short of a revival of Megas XLR, this is probably the silliest piece of Western mech media we'll get all year.

It's actually $11.99 in the US eShop.

OuterLimits · Oct 22, 2018

blueredandgold said:
I get bamboozled by the amount of spreadsheet menus I have to contend with before and after the dungeons.

Speaking of dungeons:

Can I heal (ie make the character eat food from the inventory) at any time? Or does it have to be during their turn in a combat situation?

I don't quite understand the stress mechanic, there is no inventory item to lower the meter it seems in these early playthroughs. I'm not at all worried about abandoning quests to get back to the healing houses but the game makes it clear 'this will add stress!'

Why couldn't I plug my beleaguered witch doctor dude into the church when the caretaker (ie me?) was already in the required slot already?

I am enjoying the game but it's a full time job studying the sheer amount of information it is throwing at you.

I only get through two or three green 'Scout' missions and nobody is willing to venture into the hilltop dungeon as yet, but then again neither am I.

I'm focusing on DPS and saving a lot of coin, in these early missions, should I be re-doing cleared levels?

I'm pretty sure you can eat food, but it doesn't heal much anyway so better to save it for when you get the hungry message . Sometimes even the "short" dungeon trips will have the message appear within short spans of each other . Other items can be used as well outside battle like bandages to stop bleeding or medicine to cure blight.

I usually try to have a vestal in my party for healing . Plus the Judgement spell does decent attack damage when I'm fortunate and characters have a decent amount of health .

Stress can be annoying but only becomes a massive problem if it gets above 100 and they start freaking out . Landing critical hits on enemies will often reduce stress and sometimes for the whole party . Once you start doing "medium" length missions, you can camp and some have skills that can greatly reduce stress .

Don't be afraid to fire those who have a significant number of negative quirks or the stress level is so high that treating them becomes too expensive to be really worth it . I can tolerate many negative quirks but kleptomanic is the one big exception . Having them steal important items in the dungeon for themselves is damn costly. I will usually spend the coin to cure that affliction or just release them.

It's hard not to get attached to certain characters though but building up the hamlet needs to be the main focus . Stage coach, blacksmith, and guild especially . If you are playing Radiant mode, you can use Veteran level mercenaries still in Apprentice level dungeons .

My apologies if I haven't really helped you much. The game is fantastic, and one of my most played on Switch . It does take a lot of trial and error to learn the game systems and I still get annoyed when one of the dungeon trips goes disastrously wrong. Lol .

sheaaaa · Oct 22, 2018

HotHamBoy said:
Why wouldn't you just play the games on mobile? They're designed for touchscreens and they cost a $1-3

The Steam versions, at least, got a graphical upgrade all round. Looks like the Switch version has as well:

Opa-Pa · Oct 22, 2018

Ramsiege said:
Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2
I never played those games before and didn't think they would be that bad. They're that bad.

Lmao I'm always warning you guys.

Pooroomoo · Oct 22, 2018

HotHamBoy said:
Why wouldn't you just play the games on mobile? They're designed for touchscreens and they cost a $1-3

sheaaaa said:
The Steam versions, at least, got a graphical upgrade all round. Looks like the Switch version has as well:

Yes and the Switch version looks really good.

Deleted member 9035 · Oct 22, 2018

AdReNaLiN_FaLc0n said:
Some reviews for Pizza Titan Ultra:

https://anydayreviews.com/pizza-titan-ultra-switch-review/

https://www.nindiespotlight.com/2018/10/review-pizza-titan-ultra-nintendo.html?m=1

Drift Legends:

https://reviews2go.com/2018/10/15/drift-legends-nintendo-switch-review/

https://switchwatch.co.uk/drift-legends-switch-review/

Personally I'm cautious about the "In-Game Purchases" descriptor in Drift Legends' ESRB rating. Neither the game description nor those reviews seem to mention anything about extra paid content. The price is really cheap, even for a F2P mobile port, but the original game on iOS is showing a $50 max IAP that leaves me wondering why they're only charging $5 for the base game on Switch. Maybe someone here who bought it can clarify what exactly these "in-game purchases" are.

EDIT: Nevermind, I missed this tidbit in the Reviews 2 Go review: "On the bright side, they also removed In-App Purchases for money while significantly reducing the prices for each car."

Thank you for your detailed reply!
This is why I love ERA.

sheaaaa · Oct 22, 2018

Pooroomoo said:
Yes and the Switch version looks really good.

TBH as someone with an three-year-old iPhone and nothing bigger, and no interest/inclination in getting an iPad or something, the more Switch ports of mobile touchscreen games the better. Plenty of reasons I think why people would prefer a Switch port to the mobile version.

Epilexia · Oct 22, 2018

HotHamBoy said:
Why wouldn't you just play the games on mobile? They're designed for touchscreens and they cost a $1-3

For every person giving feedback about a game that is also available in iOS, do you pretend to write a reply comparing prices?

We saw the same thing with the Kairosoft games released this month, and now with 'The Room'.

If you don't consider fair the range of prices of console games, which is very different in its guidelines to the highly devalued phone market, that is fine.

While there is enough evidences that this price model is toxic, and there is no way in which indie developers can obtain profits in a much more stretched console market, something that has been discussed multiple times, that's fine.

Don't buy these games.

Or go to discuss these games in the iOS or Android dedicated threads in Era.

But let's stop judging what the people do with their hard earned money or with their time.

This is the second time this month, it already happened with the Kairosoft games, in which an user came to this thread to post a valuable feedback about his impressions with a game that he is enjoying.

Only to find one of your messages saying how you are not interested in these games.

Taken form the Era guidelines:

It's okay to not post: It is fine to see a thread about a subject that you absolutely don't care about and to not post in it. It's absolutely fine to let people celebrate tiny successes without dropping a snarky comment between posts. We are not asking of you to not be critical, but to be aware that your opinion is just one among many and not necessary for every single thread. Please note that the forum has an ignore feature that you can use if you do not want to see a certain user's posts.

With this attitude, at the end, people simply will decide to not post his impressions anymore about these games, to not feel judged.

Please, can we reduce the toxicity in these threads?

And I'm trying to say this in good faith. I consider you a very valuable member in the community, I love your pinball posts and tournaments, and I love your contributions to the community when you come in good faith.

But sometimes, I have the impression that you come to these threads only to vent.

And it's not the only example of a toxic attitude, I can continue until the infinite.

Whats the point in the OT for 'Marble It Up!' in which one of the developers of the game is an active user, so he is subscribed to the thread, to simply come to write this?

HotHamBoy said:
One of the worst names ive ever heard.

Like seriously, relax a little.

HotHamBoy · Oct 22, 2018

Epilexia said:
For every person giving feedback about a game that is also available in iOS, do you pretend to write a reply comparing prices?

We saw the same thing with the Kairosoft games released this month, and now with 'The Room'.

If you don't consider fair the range of prices of console games, which is very different in its guidelines to the highly devalued phone market, that is fine.

While there is enough evidences that this price model is toxic, and there is no way in which indie developers can obtain profits in a much more stretched console market, something that has been discussed multiple times, that's fine.

Don't buy these games.

Or go to discuss these games in the iOS or Android dedicated threads in Era.

But let's stop judging what the people do with their hard earned money or with their time.

This is the second time this month, it already happened with the Kairosoft games, in which an user came to this thread to post a valuable feedback about his impressions with a game that he is enjoying.

Only to find one of your messages saying how you are not interested in these games.

Taken form the Era guidelines:

With this attitude, at the end, people simply will decide to not post his impressions anymore about these games, to not feel judged.

Please, can we reduce the toxicity in these threads?

And I'm trying to say this in good faith. I consider you a very valuable member in the community, I love your pinball posts and tournaments, and I love your contributions to the community when you come in good faith.

But sometimes, I have the impression that you come to these threads only to vent.

And it's not the only example of a toxic attitude, I can continue until the infinite.

Whats the point in the OT for 'Marble It Up!' in which one of the developers of the game is an active user, so he is subscribed to the thread, to simply come to write this?

Like seriously, relax a little.

Keep up the good work.

fourfourfun · Oct 22, 2018

MrFarenheit said:
For me golf story is one...was into it but got bored pretty quick.

Golf Story is an unusual one. It isn't a game which you can binge, and I find I have to actively tell myself to play it. When I do, I enjoy it. I find the courses and gameplay satisfying.

I'm doing it in chunks and I've put it down so I can play Stardew for a bit.

Primate Ryan · Oct 22, 2018

I played through the new content of Hexalogic and it's about as hard as the later levels in the vanilla game, which is to say pretty easy.

Maybe the whole premise just doesn't allow for hard(er) puzzles.

It's still a very relaxing endeavour to play your way through. Just don't expect any challenge going in. It also won't last you very long even with the added content, but that's reflected in its low price.

tolkir · Oct 22, 2018

Game of the Day

FOOTBALL MANAGER TOUCH 2018 on Nintendo Switch is the most immersive football simulation ever created for Nintendo players. Feature packed with a huge choice of clubs, TOUCH gets you through the seasons quickly without compromising on detail or control.

They say football is a game of opinions, but it's only yours that counts around here…

Football Manager Touch™ 2018 makes its debut on Nintendo Switch™ delivering the thrill of a league title without the long pre-match build up, and glare of the media. This streamlined Football Manager experience allows you to focus on the best parts of steering a club to success – tactics and transfers.

Touch has been fully optimized for Nintendo Switch™, with a bespoke user interface and a variety of controller options to create a unique Football Manager experience that goes wherever you go, and works your way. Challenge for the title on your commute or dock the Nintendo Switch™ to watch your tactical vision play out on the big screen, in the comfort of your own home.

You'll get the full depth and power of Football Manager's world renowned database with up-to-date player data on all the world's best footballers, enabling you to sink your teeth into the transfer market. All the big teams from around the world are included and there's more than 100 leagues to try your luck in.

Touch has been optimized for speedier gameplay and you'll whizz through the seasons, aided by an 'Instant Result' match simulation feature.

KEY FEATURES

MANY WAYS TO PLAY
Start your managerial career at one of the world's top teams, create your own club or tackle one of several management scenarios in Challenge Mode.

3D MATCH ENGINE
Football Manager's acclaimed match engine and modernized match presentation help to bring your fixtures to life.

REAL WORLD SCOUTING
Play the transfer market like never before with a realistic and immersive approach to scouting.

TACTICAL INNOVATION
Developing your footballing philosophy is easy with tactical analysis steering you towards your strengths by highlighting your weaknesses.

BARGAINING POWER
A wealth of clauses and transfer options arm you with more ways than ever to finalize that blockbuster deal.

$39.99/€34.99/£29.99 - NA web - EU web - Trailer

10/21 - Darkest Dungeon
10/20 - Subsurface Circular
10/19 - Cave Story+
10/18 - RIVE: Ultimate Edition
10/17 - Layers of Fear: Legacy (Recommended by tolkir)
10/16 - Flinthook

Primate Ryan · Oct 22, 2018

I'm looking forward to finally playing 7 Billion Humans this week. Windjammers also seems like a lock. Besides that the Yomawari collection also looks interesting, but the price it too high for impulse buying and I would have rather bought the first game by itself to see if I like it.

In the meantime, I'm working my way through Megaman 11. Never really played a Megaman game (only a bit of 9 on the 360) but I'm really enjoying myself. Playing on normal, while completely avoiding the store, which comes across as something that sells cheats rather than something that the game is carefully crafted and balanced around. I killed two of the bosses (block and impact) so only a bunch to go.

TheMissingLink · Oct 22, 2018

Looking forward to Football Manager Touch 2019. Been about 5 years since I've played a FM game, don't need all the bells and whistles, so it'll be perfect.

HotHamBoy · Oct 22, 2018

Primate Ryan said:
I'm looking forward to finally playing 7 Billion Humans this week. Windjammers also seems like a lock. Besides that the Yomawari collection also looks interesting, but the price it too high for impulse buying and I would have rather bought the first game by itself to see if I like it.

In the meantime, I'm working my way through Megaman 11. Never really played a Megaman game (only a bit of 9 on the 360) but I'm really enjoying myself. Playing on normal, while completely avoiding the store, which comes across as something that sells cheats rather than something that the game is carefully crafted and balanced around. I killed two of the bosses (block and impact) so only a bunch to go.

Really excited for Windjammers and hoping to god the online community is better than on PS4 or Vita.

I'm sure NOS doesn't help with that. I know a lot of people are holding out for Smash to subscribe and Windjammers will be dead long before then.

E_i · Oct 22, 2018

Finished Dust: An Elysian Tail. Fantastic game, but short (I played the main quest).

Epilexia · Oct 22, 2018

The good news of 'Windjammers' in Switch is that while the game is distributed by DotEmu, indeed, this Switch version has been ported by BlitWorks.

http://www.blitworks.com/windjammers/

To put a bit of context, almost all the attempts of porting Dreamcast games to modern consoles went terribly wrong. The Dreamcast collection released in Steam with games such as 'Crazy Taxi' was a disaster with broken audio and an inaccurate reproduction of the original slowdown. The recent' Shenmue' remasters, a mess of bugs and technical problems not present in the original games. 'Zero Gunner 2' in Switch, other disaster of port. Even 'Ikaruga' which originally was running in a Naomi board, it had some bugs in the Steam and Switch ports, not present in the original Dreamcast game.

But Blitworks triumphed when other lot of companies failed, with its superb 'Jet Set Radio' port for PS3, Vita, Xbox 360 and Steam.

So while DotEmu has fucked up every emulated game in the past, including the disaster of the 'Raiden Legacy' collection and all the Neo-Geo games released in Steam with bad aspect ratios and problems in the sound, I have hopes in Blitworks not dropping the ball with its Neo-Geo emulator for Switch.

Also, people tend to cite a lot Panic Button.

But do you know what's the company with the most impressive portfolio of Switch ports, releasing a new game almost every month? Blitworks.

They have ported 'Tricky Towers', 'Broken Age', 'Bastion', 'Gone Home', 'Salt and Sanctuary', 'N++', 'Don't Starve', 'Owlboy', 'Crypt of the Necrodancer', 'The Journey Down', 'Super Meat Boy', 'Hammerwatch' and both entries of 'De Blob'.

None other porting company has such an impressive portfolio in Switch.

Mandos · Oct 22, 2018

E_i said:
Finished Dust: An Elysian Tail. Fantastic game, but short (I played the main quest).

I'd been curious about Dust, what type of game is it again

NateDrake · Oct 22, 2018

Epilexia said:
The good news of 'Windjammers' in Switch is that while the game is distributed by DotEmu, indeed, this Switch version has been ported by BlitWorks.

http://www.blitworks.com/windjammers/

To put a bit of context, almost all the attempts of porting Dreamcast games to modern consoles went terribly wrong. The Dreamcast collection released in Steam with games such as 'Crazy Taxi' was a disaster with broken audio and an inaccurate reproduction of the original slowdown. The recent' Shenmue' remasters, a mess of bugs and technical problems not present in the original games. 'Zero Gunner 2' in Switch, other disaster of port. Even 'Ikaruga' which originally was running in a Naomi board, it had some bugs in the Steam and Switch ports, not present in the original Dreamcast game.

But Blitworks triumphed when other lot of companies failed, with its superb 'Jet Set Radio' port for PS3, Vita, Xbox 360 and Steam.

So while DotEmu has fucked up every emulated game in the past, including the disaster of the 'Raiden Legacy' collection and all the Neo-Geo games released in Steam with bad aspect ratios and problems in the sound, I have hopes in Blitworks not dropping the ball with its Neo-Geo emulator for Switch.

Also, people tend to cite a lot Panic Button.

But do you know what's the company with the most impressive portfolio of Switch ports, releasing a new game almost every month? Blitworks.

They have ported 'Tricky Towers', 'Broken Age', 'Bastion', 'Gone Home', 'Salt and Sanctuary', 'N++', 'Don't Starve', 'Owlboy', 'Crypt of the Necrodancer', 'The Journey Down', 'Super Meat Boy', 'Hammerwatch' and both entries of 'De Blob'.

None other porting company has such an impressive portfolio in Switch.

Been playing Windjammers on Switch a bit today. Feels like a good effort, thus far.

SiDCrAzY · Oct 22, 2018

Just finished Steamworld Dig today, so much fun. It's the first game I've really enjoyed on the Switch since Mario Odyssey.

E_i · Oct 22, 2018

Mandos said:
I'd been curious about Dust, what type of game is it again

Metroidvania with hand drawn graphics. It's short but sweet.

Arturo · Oct 22, 2018

NateDrake said:
Been playing Windjammers on Switch a bit today. Feels like a good effort, thus far.

Does it have a CRT filter?

Simba · Oct 22, 2018

if we pray hard enough to mufasa he will rawr at sega and get them to release phantasy star.

tolkir · Oct 22, 2018

It just appeared Rogue Legacy for November 6th on the eShop.

Niraj · Oct 22, 2018

tolkir said:
It just appeared Rogue Legacy for November 6th on the eShop.

Really loved that one, would recommend it for those who haven't played it yet.

Epilexia · Oct 22, 2018

tolkir said:
It just appeared Rogue Legacy for November 6th on the eShop.

Now we are only missing 'Nuclear Throne' and 'Spelunky' from all the early roguelite iconic games released in consoles.

And of course, 'Super Amazing Wagon Adventure', but we can't live in such a PERFECT world.

'Rogue Legacy' is fantastic, but the game that I'm really waiting from Cellar Door Games is 'Full Metal Furies'.

One of these things that every month I need to resist the temptation of pushing the purchase button in Steam, while I say to myself that eventually it will come to Switch, and I have double dipped enough in the last year.

Nabbit · Oct 22, 2018

Speaking of Spelunky, is it a good entry roguelite? I'm more interested in platforming than rogue-ing. Sorry for the off topic question.

Epilexia · Oct 22, 2018

Nabbit said:
Speaking of Spelunky, is it a good entry roguelite? I'm more interested in platforming than rogue-ing. Sorry for the off topic question.

'Spelunky' is a fucking masterpiece for the creative ways in which is able to create vertical randomized patterns.

A roguelite that surprised me a lot this year was 'Dig Dog'.

It took the same type of vertical randomized construction of a scenario to create platforming sections, but it added a much more fast paced nature and simplified mechanics, feeling like the lovechild between 'Spelunky' and Japanese digging classics such as 'Dig Dug' or the 'Lode Runner' series.

It was released in Steam and Xbox One, and it's from the same creator of 'Astro Duel Deluxe', available in the eShop and ported to Switch by Panic Button.

Maybe, it's a good entry point to have a "taste" of some of the defining mechanics of 'Spelunky', without investing too much time in learning all the complex rules.

NateDrake · Oct 22, 2018

Arturo said:
Does it have a CRT filter?

Yes

Strat · Oct 22, 2018

So, I posted this in the Kairosoft thread, but does anyone know if Game Dev Story etc actually got released on the 11th? I can't find them on the Canadian eshop and when I pull them up on Nintendo.com it gives me a price but no ability to buy them.

Guybrush Threewood · Oct 22, 2018

My daughter has been playing a lot of Splatoon, but, I didn't get her account Online (because she forgot about it for the last 4 months!). Anyone have a family slot open? Send me a PM w $ amount.

divisionbyzorro · Oct 22, 2018

Ah yes - Rogue Legacy - from the makers of the classic text adventure Don't Shit Your Pants.

Shaymin · Oct 22, 2018

Strat said:
So, I posted this in the Kairosoft thread, but does anyone know if Game Dev Story etc actually got released on the 11th? I can't find them on the Canadian eshop and when I pull them up on Nintendo.com it gives me a price but no ability to buy them.

As far as I can tell, none of the Kairosoft titles launched in Canada.

divisionbyzorro said:
Ah yes - Rogue Legacy - from the makers of the classic text adventure Don't Shit Your Pants.

And it's sequel, David Cage's Don't Shit Your Pants.

Strat · Oct 22, 2018

Shaymin said:
As far as I can tell, none of the Kairosoft titles launched in Canada.

Ah, thanks. That's really weird, considering they were supposed to launch worldwide on the same date? At the very least, North America release dates are always the same.

Sagadego17 · Oct 22, 2018

Epilexia said:
The good news of 'Windjammers' in Switch is that while the game is distributed by DotEmu, indeed, this Switch version has been ported by BlitWorks.

http://www.blitworks.com/windjammers/

To put a bit of context, almost all the attempts of porting Dreamcast games to modern consoles went terribly wrong. The Dreamcast collection released in Steam with games such as 'Crazy Taxi' was a disaster with broken audio and an inaccurate reproduction of the original slowdown. The recent' Shenmue' remasters, a mess of bugs and technical problems not present in the original games. 'Zero Gunner 2' in Switch, other disaster of port. Even 'Ikaruga' which originally was running in a Naomi board, it had some bugs in the Steam and Switch ports, not present in the original Dreamcast game.

But Blitworks triumphed when other lot of companies failed, with its superb 'Jet Set Radio' port for PS3, Vita, Xbox 360 and Steam.

So while DotEmu has fucked up every emulated game in the past, including the disaster of the 'Raiden Legacy' collection and all the Neo-Geo games released in Steam with bad aspect ratios and problems in the sound, I have hopes in Blitworks not dropping the ball with its Neo-Geo emulator for Switch.

Also, people tend to cite a lot Panic Button.

But do you know what's the company with the most impressive portfolio of Switch ports, releasing a new game almost every month? Blitworks.

They have ported 'Tricky Towers', 'Broken Age', 'Bastion', 'Gone Home', 'Salt and Sanctuary', 'N++', 'Don't Starve', 'Owlboy', 'Crypt of the Necrodancer', 'The Journey Down', 'Super Meat Boy', 'Hammerwatch' and both entries of 'De Blob'.

None other porting company has such an impressive portfolio in Switch.

actually de blob 1 runs 30 fps undocked with some 60fps in small spurts

Illusionary · Oct 22, 2018

A 400GB SD card for sub-£100 from Amazon UK is getting mighty tempting as a future-proofing upgrade... but can we expect prices to fall further in the short term?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B074RNRM2B

Platy · Oct 22, 2018

tolkir said:
It just appeared Rogue Legacy for November 6th on the eShop.

EVERYONE : BUY THIS

not just because it is awesome because I want a chance for Full Metal Furies, the best beat em up of this generation, to have a chance on the switch

EdwardTheHuman · Oct 22, 2018

E_i said:
Finished Dust: An Elysian Tail. Fantastic game, but short (I played the main quest).

How short is it?

ryushe · Oct 22, 2018

I fucking love Rogue Legacy but I'm not sure I have it in me to unlock everything again.

E_i · Oct 22, 2018

EdwardTheHuman said:
How short is it?

8 to 10 hours for main quest.

El Pescado · Oct 23, 2018

Bought Black Bird and what the fuck is going on? This game is bonkers! I cakewalked through most of it and then got decimated by the final boss.

XaosWolf · Oct 23, 2018

WILL: A Wonderful World is a neat premise but it has one of the most obnoxious tutorials I've ever encountered. If you have even a slightly bad memory it will punish you for it. And then it does it again just for shits and giggles, but this time in a specific order.
There is absolutely no need for this especially when they could have added a Text Log feature which is common in so many other visual novels.

zoodoo · Oct 23, 2018

SiDCrAzY said:
Just finished Steamworld Dig today, so much fun. It's the first game I've really enjoyed on the Switch since Mario Odyssey.

The second is way better. They did a very good job at improving on the first.

jariw · Oct 23, 2018

E_i said:
8 to 10 hours for main quest.

To me, that's not short. That's perfect! :-)

With so many indies that I want to play, I'm more and more actively looking for games in the 3-12 hours range.

MouldyK · Oct 23, 2018

Illusionary said:
A 400GB SD card for sub-£100 from Amazon UK is getting mighty tempting as a future-proofing upgrade... but can we expect prices to fall further in the short term?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B074RNRM2B

Maybe on Black Friday?

Tunesmith · Oct 23, 2018

Illusionary said:
A 400GB SD card for sub-£100 from Amazon UK is getting mighty tempting as a future-proofing upgrade... but can we expect prices to fall further in the short term?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B074RNRM2B

Buy from Amazon DE instead. Those 400GB SD cards have been sub €90 several times there.

Nintendo eShop - October 2018

Does Switch need folders?

Yes

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Yes... And themes, don't forget the new themes.

I like to live in the chaos.

Folder 2: The Dark UI

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